Tacking strip for upholstery



T. MAHONEY.

TACKING STRIP FOR UPHOLSTERY. APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, I921.

1,41 1,973. Patehted Apr. 4, 1922.

IN VEN TOR. 7.2mm. Mia/75x THOMAS MAHOINEY, OIE HIGHLAND PARK,MICHIG-AN.

TACKING STRIP FOR UPHOLSTERY.

Speeificationof Letters Patent.

' Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application'filed.April-13, 1921. Serial No. 460,960.

To all wit-0m it may concern eit known that I, THOMAS MAHONEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Highland Park,

in the county of WVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Tacking Strips for Upholstery, of which thefollowing isa specification. V

In the application of upholstery and .body trimming to metallicstructures, such as are now common in niotor'vehicles and the like, itis frequently desirable to provide tacking spots in various places wheresuchbecome necessary without changing the general design of thestructure or adding appreciably to the weight thereof, and at the same tme to avoid the use ofwooden strips, whiclrare subject to climaticchanges and become loose and split. p i

This invention relates to a tacking strip for use in combinationwithupholstery body trimming and the like bodies or structures.

The invention consists in the 1 matters" hereinafter set forth, and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

tacking strips which: embody features of the lHVGIItlOI]; Fig. 2 is aview in section showing one method of application oftlie strip; Fig. 3is a view showing a tacking spot formed in the shell of the body, Fig. I4.- is a view in detail of a strip with tack-.

ing insert openings; Fig. 5 is a view insection taken on or about-lineW-l of Fig. a, showing tack ng inserts therein before compression; Fig.6 is a view in detail of the body of the strip showing thetackingiiiserts compressed; Fig. 7 is a view in section taken on or aboutline'VIIVII of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a, view-of a tacking tab applied to aspring.

Referrin to formed of bendable metal. that is provided with apertures-2which may be of any desired form, circular,-rectangular or poly gonal.An. insert of wood fibre 4,WhiCl1 originally conforms in dimension tothe'apercompression of the when applied to metal preventsthelatter from.In the drawings, Fig. 1 is, a view of portion of a motor vehicleprovided fit-ll.

the drawings, a strip 1 is ture in which it is placed and with the grainthereof transverse to the plane of the strip, is inserted in theaperture and is then V compressed so as to form heads indicated at 5 n Fg. ,7, for example, on both sides of the strip 1, which overlie marginalportions of the aperturein which the insert-is placed and grip thestripso that the insert is firmly held in position. When in use, the

strip may be applied to a tonneau 6 or An around wire supports 8 as'inFig. 2.

insert 9 of this character may be inserted j directly in the shell ofthe tonneau at; the rim portion which surrounds the seat upholstery; ora'piecelO with an insert, 11 may be bent around the upper coil 12 orother against anydesired support. v

One advantage of the construction is the fibre orwood insert whichthereby holds a tack orthe like with greater firmness than is possiblein 11011700111"- pressed wood,.whi'le at the sametime the ex? panding oftheend portions of the insert, working out of the strip in whichit iscontained. I Obviously changes in'the detail of construction maybemade,' and I do not care a;

limit'myself tojany particular form or arrangeinent of parts.

I claim as my invention I metal band provided with' apertures and fibreinserts extending through the aper-- tures and having the end portionsthereof 7 portion of a spiral spring andthe're by provide 'means fortacking this tab 1. A tacking strip comprising a bendable 2. A tackingstrip for spring seat 0011- I structionscomprising a bendable metal bandprovided with apertures and inserts in the aperture each consisting of aplug of a cross section corresponding to the dimensions of the aperturevandhaying the end portions'thereof expanded by endwise compression ofthe plug to form heads overlying the marginal portions 'of'the aperture.In testimnoy THOMAS MAHONEY.

whereof I afiix my signature. 7

